Men's Lacrosse

Babson Powers Past MIT, 15-9

Apr 24, 2010

Courtesy of Babson College Sports Information

BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Babson College
men's lacrosse team defeated visiting MIT, 15-9 on Saturday
afternoon in a Pilgrim League contest at MacDowell Field. Nine
different Beavers scored in the win including James Schmidt, who
led all players with four goals and one assist. With the win,
Babson improved to 9-5 on the season and 4-1 in the Pilgrim League.
MIT saw its record move to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in the Pilgrim
League.

The Beavers came out strong scoring the first four goals of the
game, taking the commanding lead with just over seven minutes
remaining in the first quarter. Cam Caruso, Alex Patinkin and two
from Schmidt built the early advantage. MIT's Dan Piemont put the
Engineers on the board at the 5:11 mark with a goal off a pass from
Nick Sisler. The two teams then traded goals once more to end the
quarter including a remarkable shot from MIT goalkeeper Christopher
Rullan with one second remaining from his defensive end. Babson
entered the first break with the 5-2 lead.

The hosts scored four of the five second-quarter goals including
an unassisted tally from Travis Clarke. Schmidt chipped in two more
goals during this span and Babson's Armand Wilson added one to give
the Beavers a 9-3 advantage at halftime. Sisler found Piemont for
MIT's lone goal of the period.

Babson scored twice during the opening minute of the third
quarter, but MIT responded with a pair of its own goals. John
Kucharczyk's solo effort was followed Gabe Blanchet's man-up tally
that was set up by Corey Garvey. The Beavers registered
back-to-back markers to increase their margin to 13-5. Garvey
picked up his second point of the day courtesy of an unassisted
goal with six seconds on the clock.

The Beavers tacked on two more goals, with their last tally
coming at the 8:39 mark of the final frame. MIT closed the gap with
three scores during the last 3:34 of the game. Blanchet found the
back of the net while Carl Tilbury connected on a feed from
Kucharczyk for an extra-man goal. Garth Grove wrapped up the game
with his first goal of the season.

Patinkin, Caruso and Thomas Mallon finished with two goals each
as Patinkin chipped in with two assists. Wilson tallied one goal,
three assists, and five groundballs. Clarke, Ryan Kucinski, Paul
Grip, and Andrew Packer each finished with one goal. Defensively
Babson was led by Christian Ebert who picked up a game high eight
groundballs and Benjamin Jette who added five groundballs. Michael
Griffin won seven of nine face-offs to lead all players.

Piemont and Gabe Blanchet each tallied two goals for MIT.
Rullan, Garvey, Tilbury, Grove, and Kucharczyk each contributed a
goal. Justin Myers led the Engineers with four groundballs.

Babson's three goalkeepers all saw time in net with Mike Saucier
earning the win making four saves. Ryan Lee finished with four
saves and no goals against in just over ten minutes of play while
Jay Whalen had two saves. MIT goalkeeper Rullan finished with 17
total saves playing all 60 minutes for the Engineers.